Walking Dead, Boardwalk Empire and Dexter Get Golden Globe Love

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Julia Stiles among several Showtime actresses to receive nominations.

By Eric Goldman

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association like zombies! The Walking Dead received its first major award nomination, as the new AMC series was nominated in the Drama category when The 68th Annual Golden Globes nominations were announced this morning. The Walking Dead was not the only new series to receive a nomination in this category, as HBO's Boardwalk Empire was also nomination, along with returning series Dexter, Mad Men and The Good Wife - the latter receiving its first nomination in this category.

Empire also got noticed for its cast, with both Steve Buscemi and Kelly Macdonald receiving nominations.

One new comedy series, Showtime's The Big C, was nominated in the Best Comedy or Musical category, while two returning series got their first nominations – Now in its fourth season, The Big Bang Theory was nominated, alongside the previously nominated 30 Rock, Glee. Also nominated for the first time was Showtime's Nurse Jackie.

While HBO got plenty of nominations for Boardwalk, plus miniseries and movies like The Pacific and Temple Grandin, it was also a good day for Showtime. Besides the nominations for Dexter, Nurse Jackie and The Big C, Showtime actresses were prevalent. In the Actress, Drama category, three of the five nominees (Toni Collette, Edie Falco and Laura Linney) came from Showtime series, while Dexter's Julia Stiles got a nomination for her attention-getting role as Dexter's partner-in-crime, Lumen.

The much-loved Katey Sagal got her first nomination for Sons of Anarchy this year, though a more curious choice in the Actress, Drama category was Piper Perabo for Covert Affairs, a show few would single out for such praise.

Having won the Emmy this year, Jim Parsons joined an otherwise familiar group of actors in the Actor, Comedy or Musical category, and Scott Caan was nominated for Supporting Actor for his enjoyable performance on Hawaii Five-0.

Getting a somewhat surprising amount of attention was Starz' miniseries The Pillars of the Earth, with three nominations.

If you love Community, as we do here at IGN TV, you'll be sad to see it ignored once again at the Golden Globes. But hey, IGN named it Best Comedy Series in our 2010 Best Of Awards!

Below are all of the television category nominations for the Golden Globes. Check out IGN Movies [Click Here!] to see what got nominated in the film categories.